Empathy Archive is a video project where two people have an in-depth discussion about something they both experienced.

These are the conversations scheduled for June 2018:- two people over 70 will be discussing a poem by Dylan Thomas " Do not go gentle into that good night" and facing the ending of the life

Below are the topics where I have one person who wants to talk about it and I am looking for a pair. Any subject can be brought up for the discussion. If you want to participate in the conversation already proposed or if you'd like to open a new topic, please contact me.

Parenting- being a single parent vs. being a parent in a loving and stable relationship, experienced by the same person- having a child after an unexpected pregnancy with someone who, at the time of conception, was a casual partner-Raising a transgender or other gendered child

Aging- raging against the dying of the light or life after 70- sex after 60

Health- being partially paralyzed/ immobilized for an extended period of time but not permanently- Living with medical phobias- hearing loss- balance disorder- autoimmune and chronic illness- epilepsy- organ transplant

Mental Health- growing up with a parent who has schizophrenia- living with schizophrenia- living with bipolar- living with Aspergers- living with autism- suicidality

Gender/ Gender transition- Walking away from a career because of not being able to transition in the job as a transwoman-Raising a transgender or other gendered child

Childhood- growing up with a parent who has schizophrenia- dealing with parents divorce as a child- being an adopted child- growing up with alcoholic parents

Grief/Loss- helping a person you love die- losing a friend to suicide- losing a parent to cancer- losing a brother to cancer- losing a child to OD- losing a mother as an adult woman- losing a parent to a rare disease

Rape/Sexual Abuse- aftermath/recovery of a child sexual abuse/rape as a cis man- aftermath/recovery from a rape by a sexual partner that was done without considerable physical force (woman) - supporting a partner who was raped/assaulted

Racism- emotions that arise when the police pass in a male person of color

Other- living in poverty (and hiding it from your public life) - sex work- Vipassana meditation- overcoming an addiction- traveling/living in a van- obsession with wolves and its relation to trauma and growth- being homeless

Death and dying- being on the verge of death- near death experience as a child- working in a death industry